Paddy McGuinness says 'it would be great' to do another season of Phoenix Nights
The show aired in 2001 and 2002!
Phoenix Nights, the popular TV show which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002, was about a working men's club called The Phoenix Club located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and it certainly captivated the laughs of the nation in the early noughties.
Throughout the two decades since it finished, fans have been calling out for a third season of the show, which starred Peter Kay and Paddy McGuinness, but will they get what they're hoping for?
Will there be another series of Phoenix Nights?
Despite Phoenix Nights ending in 2002 after just two series, there have been several rumours over the years, that the TV show could be making a comeback.
Speaking to the Daily Star, back in 2019, Paddy McGuinness hinted that the original cast are 100% up for a reunion, but admitted it's hard to find the time.
The popular TV presenter said: "It was great. There’s always talk about doing another one. It’s just time, it’s just getting everyone together. But everyone is up for it."
With Peter Kay now on tour, in 2024, and recently uploading highlights from the popular TV show to YouTube, we spoke to Paddy McGuinness about the possibility of another series, and he admitted that there is some "stuff written".
While he revealed that there aren't any discussions at the moment, he did tease: "There's stuff written, and I know that for a fact. There's stuff written and there's a lot of things been worked up, but it's just there. I think it's in that same vault they keep the ark of Raiders of The Lost Ark from the film. In that warehouse, it's in there somewhere.
"But there's no plans that I know of at the minute."
He continued: "At the time when you're watching these things and you're enjoying them, you're of a certain age where you're really tuned into it, and I think, to come back to something 10, 15 years later and you're in a different headspace as well. I don't know, who knows, it would be great to do it, I don't know of any plans."
The cast of the hilarious sitcom reunited back in 2015 for a Comic Relief special, and it was reported previously, that the popular comedian admitted that he'd already written a third series of Phoenix Nights.
In 2017, Peter again confirmed he'd written a third series, but revealed a number of things kept getting in the way of the cast recording it.
Take a look through TV shows we wish would make a comeback:
Footballers' Wives
Broadcasting between 2002-2006, Footballers' Wives followed fictional Premier League football club Earls Park, as well as all of the drama from both the players and their fiery wives!
Bad Girls
Set inside a fictional women's prison, Bad Girls aired on ITV between 1996-2006 and featured some very famous faces, including Claire King and Debra Stephenson.
The Bill
First broadcast in 1983, police drama The Bill certainly proved popular, airing until 2010. The show focused on the lives and work of police officers and starred well-known actors such as Trudie Goodwin, Graham Cole and Mark Wingett.
Outnumbered
Although all of the kids from BBC sitcom Outnumbered are now grown up (Tyger Drew-Honey is now 26), we'd love to see a remake of the hilarious programme, which followed the lives of a mother and father who were outnumbered by their three children.
Of course, the mum and dad are now officially a couple in real life!
Don't Try This At Home
Who remembers sitting down in front of the TV on a Saturday night, watching on as Davina McCall helped members of the public take on tough and fearful challenges?
This needs to come back!
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
She was confident, funny, magical AND she had a talking cat. Sabrina made us all want to be a witch!
The show was also rebooted between 2018 and 2020 as a Netflix series called Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Ugly Betty
Believe it or not, it's been a massive 16 years since Ugly Betty last aired on our screens! The show, which featured actress America Ferrera, followed a character called Betty Suarez, who despite her lack of 'style', landed a job at a very prestigious fashion magazine.
Where The Heart Is
The British drama, which was filmed in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite, proved very popular with viewers between 1997-2006, showcasing the lives of a group of district nurses and their families.
It's a Knockout
It was stupid, it was crazy, but it was certainly fun! It's a Knockout started way back in 1966, but the show made a number of returns on BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5!
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
We'd love to see Will Smith get back into his character alongside Carlton Banks, however we got the next best thing earlier this year, with the Fresh Prince reboot called Bel Air, which was released earlier this year where Jabari Banks played Will Smith.
Stars In Their Eyes
A true classic! Stars In Their Eyes, originally hosted by Leslie Crowther, first aired in 1990 with Matthew Kelly taking over in 1993. The show did make a return with Harry Hill in 2015, but it didn't quite take off!
The Queen's Nose
Who would have thought that rubbing a 50p coin would be so interesting? We used to love watching the adventures of Harmony as she used up her magic wishes.
Gossip Girl
Although the show was given a reboot in 2021 with a brand new cast, it didn't live up to expectations of the original series, which aired between 2007-2012.
Fun House
We used to love watching two schools battle each other in three rounds of madness. Bring back the gunge and Pat Sharp's crazy hairstyles!
Grange Hill
Despite being at school all day, we loved to come home and watch other people be at school. Strange. But gripping story lines and relatable characters had us glued to our screens.
London's Burning
Airing between 1988 and 2002, London's Burning documented the lives of a fictional London Fire Brigade Blue Watch at the fictional Blackwall fire station.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory was on TV from 2007 until 2019. The show centred around two physicists who shared an apartment, Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter and Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, and their friendship with Penny, played by Kaley Cuoco, who lived opposite.
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones lasted for eight seasons between 2011 – 2019. The show starred Sean Bean as Eddard 'Ned' Stark and Kit Harington as Jon Snow.
House of Dragons is the new prequel but we really wish we'd have gotten more (or another ending) to the original Game of Thrones TV show. Who knows, maybe when the last book is out they might make some more episodes…
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